with Mark Manning, University of Nebraska Head Coach;2009 Big 12 Conference Champions; 2x Big 12 Coach of the Year; 2012 U.S. Freestyle Olympic Volunteer Coach; 2011 FILA Freestyle Coach of the Year; 2009 U.S. Freestyle World Team Coach; 2009 Dan Gable Coach of the Year;College Coach of Olympic Champion Jordan Burroughs; 2x NCAA Division II National Champion at University of Nebraska-Omaha

Controlling and dominating one's opponent is the ultimate goal in wrestling. In order to do so, wrestlers must understand the fundamentals of the top position. In this DVD, Mark Manning will teach you those fundamentals and much, much more. Soon, you will be riding and turning your opponents on your way to a successful season.

Coach Manning takes wrestlers through the following top techniques:

Arm Chop Tight Waist

Leg Over the Ankle

Wrist Ride into a Back Hook

Legs

In each area you will learn how to apply downward pressure during positioning and how to keep that pressure on your opponent throughout the match. You will learn to control your opponents' hips and keep them off balance and searching for answers to your offense. You will learn to turn your opponent with regularity.

Coach Manning shows you how to control your opponent with wrist rides, over-leg hooks, crab rides, legs and more. From each of these control positions, you will learn several effective turns and combinations. With this large variety of options, you can string together a number of turns to keep your opponent constantly guessing. Some of these turns include tilts, turks, arm bars and cradles. If one doesn't work, the other one will.

Wrestlers today need to tools and skills to turn and pin their opponents. Coach Manning provides a blueprint for giving your wrestlers the technique they need to be a dominator on top.

with Mark Manning, University of Nebraska Head Coach;2009 Big 12 Conference Champions; 2x Big 12 Coach of the Year; 2012 U.S. Freestyle Olympic Volunteer Coach; 2011 FILA Freestyle Coach of the Year; 2009 U.S. Freestyle World Team Coach; 2009 Dan Gable Coach of the Year;College Coach of Olympic Champion Jordan Burroughs; 2x NCAA Division II National Champion at University of Nebraska-Omaha

Gain the confidence you need to get out of difficult positions on the mat.

Mark Manning revives what he calls the "lost art" of the bottom position. In this DVD, Coach Manning teaches simple, yet effective, techniques that will help you to get more escapes, more reversals and more wins.

You will learn what Coach Manning calls the three most important strategies from the bottom position: motion, distance and hand control. He explains and demonstrates a variety of techniques to help create hip separation; including knee slides, hip heists, changeovers and knee pivots. You will learn various ways to create and sustain motion and how to chain wrestle from the bottom position. In addition, Manning shows you the nuances of effective hand control.

Counter pressure from the top and escape various difficult situations such as the over-leg hook, the ankle ride, the claw ride and leg rides. You will also learn how to counter the tight waist and the chop. While all wrestlers try to avoid these situations on bottom, they are inevitable. Having the knowledge and ability to counter these situations will prove invaluable.

Besides situational counters, you will learn a variety of drills that will help you to make the transition from the practice room to a live match. His drills are very basic and can also be used to condition while developing core skills to get off bottom.

Whether you are a wrestler or a coach, you will find this DVD both helpful and insightful. Coach Manning has a very comfortable teaching style that emphasizes the important details that will help any wrestler to become a great bottom wrestler. Manning's philosophy about bottom wrestling will help any wrestler look forward to being in the bottom position and the many scoring opportunities available to them.

This pair of videos was just what I was looking for to flesh out our mat wrestling. The bottom wrestling, featuring the changeover as a centerpiece, creates a cohesive response to all the major rides. The main auxiliary position he shows is the classic Peterson technique out of a head post, which is also a position to seek when countering leg, crab and claw rides. The suggested top wrestling features the chop, but with a worthwhile nuance; instead of the tight-waist to control the hip, he focuses the technique with a thigh-pry. I think this a very worthwhile shift in emphasis that can help the top man's pressure. The rest is some interesting Turk and leg variations from the back-leg and cross-wrist positions. All in all, a great set of techniques to help keep the pressure on the bottom opponent.

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